When I see people on Facebook talk about how overwhelmed and overworked they are (pulled in a million different directions by their kids' commitments and their weekends and vacations are much more stressful than their work week) I think -- there is a solution to your stress. You hold the key. You set the pace of your life. You can lean in or lean out. You can overload your kids with activities, overcommit yourself, try to conquer each day as if you were fighting the battle for your life, or you can learn to live with less. Less stress. Less busyness. Less saying yes.
One of the blessings of living with chronic illness, is that you begin to understand how you too once were on this Merry-Go-Round and how it once ruled your life. Chronic illness forces you to not just slow down, but to stop completely. You learn to say NO a lot. You are forced to lean out and you realize the world doesn't end just because you aren't busy every single minute of every single day.
